TWO MORE MONTHS!!!!

Our wedding announcement

In two months from today Dustin and I will be married! I can't wait!!!!! Today was an exciting day because I got our announcement samples in the mail, and it was fun to see the announcements! My sister-in-law did an amazing job!!!! Also today and work I received a little surprise from Dustin, there were gerber daisies on my desk and a note saying he wished he was here with me and that we just have two more months until we are sealed together!!!! Again, Dustin does something for me!!!

The wedding plans are going really well, we just booked our luncheon at the Joseph Smith building, my dress is getting cleaned and pressed, the announcements are getting printed, we have our stuff set for the apartment. Pretty much everything is done but a few odds and ends! So things are going great besides the distance thing, it's been really hard.

Another exciting thing is my brother and his cute little family is coming next week! And I can't wait! I'm greatly blessed!

What I Have Been Up To The Last Little Bit!

It's been a while since I wrote so I will hurry and catch up the last few weeks, so here are some things that I have done (sorry this isn't the best post):

1. I started school again, and it started rocky because it made me miss Dustin SO much! EVERYTHING reminded me of him.

2. I have been very frustrated with art and school but things are looking up again.

3. We got an APARTMENT!!!!!!!! That's very exciting!

4. I set my endowment session at the Timpanogas Temple for December 19! I can't wait!

5. I have been eating healthier and exercising

6. I learned how to shoot a bow and arrow.

7. I'm learning how to sculpt

8. I went and saw Fame with Aubrey and many others!

9. I went to Dairy Queen to get ice cream, and it was AMaZinG! Since I have been craving ice cream for a long time!

10. Been looking out for the trees to start changing colors because I love fall.

11. Also I have been adding phone minutes with DUSTIN :)

12. I have met some new friends!

13. And I have been going to bed early (sometimes) and that's pretty amazing.

14. I have gotten addicted to Project Runway. 

15. I'm super excited about Halloween.

16. I got Dustin's present already, his birthday is on October 10th!

Well, that's all I could think of for now, I will try and be better at posting things!

OUR FIRST COUCH!!!!

So today I bought our first couch for our first apartment! I was super excited! It was the first time that I have bought furniture in my life and it was red!!! Which I was very excited about because everything I own is black, so our apartment will have a black and red theme to it! Also I was really excited that this couch was only thirty dollars! Also this couch is SUPER comfortable I already love it!!!! I also showed pictures to Dustin and he liked it too! I love it, since he is artistic like me he doesn't mind having crazy colors in apartment! Buying this couch also made me excited because it made it seem more real that I was getting married! I can't wait to put this in our apartment!

Fourth of July Weekend

This Fourth of July Weekend was super fun!  I was able to meet my in-laws for the first time and I had a blast! I'm very lucky to  have good in-laws! And now I have younger siblings, so I'm way excited about that!

Dustin and I went down to Logan, Utah on Friday and got the opportunity to meet some uncles and aunts and his grandparents. Than Saturday we went to Malad, Idaho (my first time there, I didn't know there was anything in Malad) and we went to the parade and I finally meet Dustin's family, and I love them to pieces!!!! Than we went to the park and played games and eat!! 

The following day we celebrated his Grandmother's 70th birthday and that was loads of fun as well.

I had a lot of fun over the weekend that it was hard to return to school. 

Dustin and I at the parade, it was really bright and sunny! Also we have matching shirts with everyone in the family which helped a lot because it helped me know who belonged in the family!

Some more Engagements!

These were near the end of the photo shoot, and I think we just had it, but these are some of my favorites.










These are some other engagements. Our photographer was awesome, he sent us the first 30 edited and now he gave us all the originals, so these are not edited, so I don't look perfect, ha ha just kidding. But here some I thought were fun and cute. But there were so many so I can't put all of them up.

Engagement Pictures!

Last night we took some engagement pictures and it was super fun. Our photographer was awesome!!! He was really personal and professional at the same time!! So here are some of the engagement pictures, our photographer hasn't given all the pictures back yet, so I will probably put some more up later!

The First Couple of Weeks of School

The first couple of weeks of school have been busy. It's been crazy trying to get everything done in a day between school, work, and wedding plans. Many people have warned Dustin and I that people generally fail the semester they are engaged, so we are determined to prove people wrong. So we have been in the art building almost every single night trying to get our projects done! So I'm already burnt out ha ha!

But this semester is going really well and really fun besides being busy. I'm taking Intro to Illustration, Head drawing(again), Shakespeare, D&C, and a Cake Decorating class. 

Cake Decor class is really fun, hard, but fun. But I'm learning some really neat techniques in baking and decorating. The class is also a very humbling experience because I'm not very good. My first cake turned out ok, I would never give it to someone, but I did learn a lot and I think I will do better next time. But I will admit the cake was very good even though it didn't look good. 

While Dustin and I were eating it, I must admit we were having too much fun having a little food fight! I attacked him a lot better than he did to me!!

Pictures of us after the cake fight! I seriously love Dustin sooooo much! He is soooo good to me!

The cake and me laughing about it because I was so embarrassed how it looked.
The cake, yeah... let's hope I get better. Also notice the pb&j sandwiches on the side, that's what Dustin survives on.

Working in the Spori building as always.... determined to keep up the good grades while we are engaged!!

So he Proposed again....but this time with the Ring!

About a week ago Dustin proposed but the ring wasn't ready so this last week I was wearing a fake one. Well, to make a long story short, the ring took a really long time to be done. Finally yesterday the ring was done!!!!! So Dustin comes in my head drawing class and proposes to me again in class! I was super happy.... again.... and said yes again...! It was great! I loved it!!!!! The ring is gorgeous, prettier than I anticipated and a lot bigger than I anticipated! But I LOVE IT!

So yesterday was another great day! Dustin can always bring a smile on my face!

He Popped the Question and I Said Yes!!!!

Today has been one of the greatest days of my life!!!! Dustin proposed to me!!!! I have never been happier!!!!! Dustin truly brings joy in my life, the last few months he has become my best friend! I don't know how I got so lucky to have the opportunity to spent all eternities with him!

So you want to know how he did it?

Well.... here we go....

This morning we decided to go hike the R Mountain to watch the sunrise. When Dustin came to pick me up he had gerber daisies with him, Boy, what a great way to start the day. When we were on our way to the R mountain we decided to just watch the sunrise in Beaver Dick Park because the sun was rising a lot faster than we anticipated. We sat on a dock by the river and it was just gorgeous, there was fog everywhere, and all you could hear were the ducks in the distance. Dustin brought his guitar with him and said that he had a song that he wanted to sing to me because it reminds him of me. The song was called: 

She's Got a Way

She's got a way about her
I don't know what it is
But I know that I can't live without her

She's got a way of pleasin'
I don't know why it is
But there doesn't have to be a reason
Anyway

She's got a smile that heals me
I don't know what it is
But I have to laugh when she reveals me

She's got a way of talkin'
I don't know what it is
But it lifts me up when we are walkin'
Anywhere

She comes to me when I'm feelin' down
Inspires me without a sound
She touches me and I get turned around

She's got a way of showin'
How I make her feel
And I find the strength to keep on goin'

She's got a light around her
And everywhere she goes
A million dreams of love surround her
Everywhere

She comes to me when I'm feelin' down
Inspires me without a sound
She touches me and I get turned around

She's got a smile that heals me
I don't know what it is
But I have to laugh when she reveals me

She's got a way about her
I don't know what it is
But I know that I can't live without her
Anyway

After the song he said that he added another verse, than he goes on his knee and he started singing this to me:

Jessica will you marry me?

I love you so much

I'll do my best to make you happy

Together for all eternity

It's a dream come true

We will make our own eternal family

You and me, what do you say?

And of course I said YES!!!!!!! 

Than he went to give me a ring and apologized that it wasn't the ring that I picked out because my ring was not ready yet, so he pulled out a 25 cent ring that he got from a venting machine, but I still loved it! I told him I didn't care as long as the ring was from him! After that we celebrated with sparkling cider and plastic cups! I couldn't stop smiling after that!

Than afterwards we had the opportunity to call and text everyone the great news! I also had the opportunity to talk to Dustin's parents for the first time over the phone, I was nervous at first, but once I got talking with them, I fell in love with them right away! I'm super excited to meet them and be part of their family!!!!!!!!

 I'm super excited about getting married to the most amazing guy in the whole world!